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Introducing Yourself

Brochure - Inside (doc: 30k) & Outside (doc: 42k) - A brochure to introduce yourself to your new teachers, administration, etc.

Intro to Interpreters PowerPoint (ppt: 1M) - A PowerPoint to introduce yourself and interpreting.

 

Interpreter Handbooks

Educational Interpreter Handbook (pdf: 173k) - This handbook is from Rutherford County, Tennessee. It is acknowledged it needs updates, but is posted here for reference.

 

Student Checklists

Student Independence Checklist (pdf: 218k) - A checklist to assist in determining student independence.

Student Competencies Regarding Interpreters (pdf: 154k) - Provided by Brenda Schick. Feel free to use, but do not modify.

 

Evaluation Forms

Student Evaluation Form (doc: 42k) - A form for students to evaluate their interpreter.

Teacher Evaluation Form (doc: 40k) - A form for teachers to evaluate their interpreter.

Parent Evaluation Form (doc: 38k) - A form for parents to evaluate their child's interpreter.

 

Salary Survey

Educational Interpreter Salary Survey (not mobile ready) - An open survey for educational interpreters, specifically K-12 interpreters, but other settings are welcome as well.

Survey Results
6/6/09 - 115 responses (All responses received, including college and community interpreters)

Count Results (pdf: 199k) - The current BASIC tally of responses from the Educational Interpreter Salary Survey. Shows a count of each question and salary average.

Anaylzed Results
6/6/09 - 79 responses (Educational Interpreters working full-time with 9 or 10 month positions)

Mean & Standard Deviation Results (pdf: 449k) - Bell curve type results

Median & Quartile Results (pdf: 446k) - Less influence from outliers

 

Wages Information

2008 Tennessee Occupational Wages (pdf: 257k) - A compiled list of wages for interpreters and translators in Tennessee from TN state labor dept info

Median Wage for Interpreters & Translators across States (link) - How your state ranks - this include spoken and signed languages (Arkansas, Delaware, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania not listed)

O*Net Online Summary for Interpreters & Translators (link) - A list of job titles, tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, wages and other points of the work

Ohio School for the Deaf Working Conditions Survey Results (link) - Survey results from research conducted June 2007 - Jan 2008


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